Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Our first monitor was a Triniton that worked also as a TV (I think, too long ago now), and it must have lasted 10+ years. As I bought more expensive monitors with higher prices, their life span seem to drop inverse proportionally! At 05:43 PM 9/21/2006, you wrote: >That's a real pity. My Trinitron has been kicking for a while. >Tough for me to justify $350/year worth of monitor right now. > >I just Froogled "Diamondtron" on a whim, and they do seem >to be still available - for $4,500!!!!! Sheesh, makes even a Leica >user shudder ;-) > >scott > >Richard wrote: > >>My Lacie has a one or two year warranty. It dies just after 3 years. I >>believe the ColorEdge has a one year warranty also. >> >>Unfortunately, nowaday higher cost doesn't mean squat in terms of >>longevity, unless you are talking about a Leica. Your grandchildren would >>be able to use it to pound nails where the last rolls of Tri X disappears. >> >>At 05:08 PM 9/21/2006, Scott McLoughlin wrote: >> >>>Thanks. That's a great data point. >>> >>>I actually find big price discrepancies now that I look at Froogle. >>>I'm guessing that the discrepancies come from with/without a >>>calibration system, but I've got a GM calibration tool anyway. >>> >>>So skipping the weirder dealers, a 21.1" CE210W is available for >>>$1,145 from Buy.com. >>> >>>Do you have any idea what the useful life of a monitor like this is? >>>I've read that LCD's do age, but that's the limit of my knowledge. >>> >>>Scott >>> >>>Richard wrote: >>> >>>>I have a ColorEdge CE240W for a few months now. As far as I can tell, >>>>it's as good as the Lacie 21" ElectronBlue that it replaces, and that's >>>>saying a lot. >>>> >>>>At 04:50 PM 9/21/2006, Scott McLoughlin wrote: >>>> >>>>>My CRT is aging, which blows IMHO. I've looked around the Web, >>>>>and NOS Trinitron CRT's seem not to be had. >>>>> >>>>>Never liked LCD's because, for some reason, grain in B&W scans was >>>>>much more pronounced - more pronounced than will come out in a >>>>>print. >>>>> >>>>>What LCD's might approximate the quality of a high quality CRT? How >>>>>much poorer am I going to be should I buy it? ;-) >>>>> >>>>>Scott // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)